A selective and atom-economic rearrangement of uridine by cascade biocatalysis for production of pseudouridine

Abstract As a crucial factor of their therapeutic efficacy, the currently marketed mRNA vaccines feature uniform substitution of uridine (U) by the corresponding C-nucleoside, pseudouridine (Ψ), in 1-N-methylated form. Synthetic supply of the mRNA building block (1-N-Me-Ψ−5’-triphosphate) involves e...

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Main Authors: Martin Pfeiffer, Andrej Ribar, Bernd Nidetzky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37942-7